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Note to self: Look before you leap

Was: Telemarketers, do not call my cellphone

Passing this along, seems like a worthy blog meme to spread:

In case you had not heard ... In a few weeks, cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls. Worse yet, YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS ...

To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222.

It is the National DO NOT CALL list ... It will only take a minute of your time and it will block your number for five (5) years.

You can also call from your home phone to block calls from telemarketers as well ...

IMPORTANT: You must call from the phone you want to have blocked ... I did it for my home and cell phones ... It took less than a minute .

PASS IT ON ...

For More Info. you can also go to: donotcall.gov

An email message reminded me

John Banks wrote:

>Christian,
>
>Reached your site through one of the "recently updated" links at Movable Type.
>
>According to the FTC, the report of cell phones being released to
>telemarketers is NOT true.
>
>So don't be in a rush to spread that virus... er, uh, meme.
>

Likewise see the comment on this post, which points to the Snopes debunking of this false rumor. Sorry for passing it along. I will reevaluate that incoming source of information!

 

Posted (to Unintended consequences) by xian at 11:08 AM on Wednesday, April 27, 2005
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http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

Snopes covered this, you're spreading an untrue rumor.

Posted by: A. Nony at April 27, 2005 12:30 PM
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